Special Treatment

Name: Special Treatment
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 26, 2011
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 49

2011

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First Run Features | Release Date: August 26, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: In this darkly erotic drama from cult filmmaker Jeanne Labrune, Isabelle Huppert stars as a high-class prostitute named Alice who serves up sexual fantasies for her clientele, from schoolgirl innocence to S&M. Fed up with the seamy underbelly of French masculinity, Alice crosses paths with Xavier, a neurotic psychoanalyst facing a marriageIn this darkly erotic drama from cult filmmaker Jeanne Labrune, Isabelle Huppert stars as a high-class prostitute named Alice who serves up sexual fantasies for her clientele, from schoolgirl innocence to S&M. Fed up with the seamy underbelly of French masculinity, Alice crosses paths with Xavier, a neurotic psychoanalyst facing a marriage crisis. The two quickly realize their professions share a thing or two in common as they navigate the overlapping worlds of psychotherapy and sex therapy. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Jeanne Labrune

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Kevin Thomas

Sep 15, 2011

Special Treatment is a serious film, but Labrune allows a touch of dark comedy in her depictions of Alice's clients and Xavier's patients. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Oct 5, 2011

At the end, there is no great revelation, but Huppert has succeeded once again in making us wonder what's going on in there. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Oct 6, 2011

Though the parallels drawn between therapy and prostitution grow tiresome, the duo's interaction is peppered with inspired comedic moments. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Aug 23, 2011

Again co-written by and co-starring writer-thesp Richard Debuisne, picture has some of the duo's trademark sharp dialogue but again fails to fully come together on a narrative level. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Aug 23, 2011

That's why Special Treatment is so disheartening. The film, starring Huppert, quickly telegraphs that its ideas are too shallow for a talent as deep as hers. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Aug 25, 2011

A story that should have been a taut poker-faced French farce that pushed its premise to the brink of absurdity stalls, unsure of its balance between comedy and drama. The movie's one reliable constant is Ms. Huppert. You can't take your eyes off her, even when she is misused and misdirected. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Aug 26, 2011

As clichés trot through their sessions - it's like "In Treatment" as bedroom farce - we check out. Huppert, though, is as fearless as ever. Read full review

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MarcDoyle

Sep 22, 2011

The movie introduces some interesting characters and possible plot directions, but it just feels extremely incomplete. It's in no way "erotic" as the product description states. It could have been so much fun - a prostitute seeing a psychotherapist seeing a prostitute, etc. But it's justThe movie introduces some interesting characters and possible plot directions, but it just feels extremely incomplete. It's in no way "erotic" as the product description states. It could have been so much fun - a prostitute seeing a psychotherapist seeing a prostitute, etc. But it's just neutered. The outline should have been fleshed out by a much better writer.… Expand

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